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B. F. ELLIOTT.

Grap'e-Vine Protector;

No. 60,623. Patented Dec; 18, 1866.

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To ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

I V Be-it known that I, B, F. ELLIOTT, of Cedar Rapids, in the county of Linn, and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful improvements in Trellis or Racl'r for Grape and other Vines and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had-to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. l -The present invention relates more particularly to improvements in a trellis or rack. for grape and other vines embraced in the Letters Patent granted to me on the twenty-fourth day of July, A. D. 1866; the improve-- ments consisting principally, first, in a novel manner of securing the hinged standards of the trellis or rack in an upright position, whereby the cross-bars described as used in the aforesaid Letters Patent are dispensed with; second, in so hanging the horizontal rails of the trellis or rack to its hinged uprights or standards that, as such uprights-are swung. down upon the ground, they can turn upon them, as will be obvious from the detail description of the same to be hereinafter given, reference being had to the accompanying plate of drawings, in which the figure is a perspective view of a portion of a trellis or rack, made according to the present invntionl A A, in the drawings, represent the uprights or standards of the trellis or rack, which are made in two parts or sectio'ns, B and C, hinged together at D, so that, when stood, or secured in any proper manner upon or in.the ground, their upper sections, 0, can be swung and laid ,down upon the ground; .the said standards being secured in an upright position through and by means of wedge-pieces E, driven into and through staples F, one to each section of the uprights, and upon the same side of the same, opposite to that on which the hinge is secured. In the drawings, only two uprights are shown, but it is obvious that there may be any number of the 7 same, the said uprights being connected together so as to form a trellis or rack, through a series of horizontal rails, G, which may be made either of wood or metal wire or other suitable material. These rails G are hung through eye-pieces a to pins 6 of the uprights, so as to freely swing or turn thereon, whereby, as the uprights are swung and laid down upon the ground, they can swing and adjust themselves in position, and thus prevent any strain upon their points of connection with the uprights, which would occur were they rigidly secured to the posts or uprights.

From-the above descriptionit is plain to be seen that the trellis or rack is secured in an upright position without the use of cross-bars, as stated in the schedule annexed to the Letters Patent'hereinbefore referred to as granted to me, thus adapting the trellis for use in fields, where it is'desirable to .plough between the vines,

a quite important advantage, as is evident. I

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentv The combination, with the hinged uprights A, of the wedge-pieces E and staples F, substantially as andfor the purpose described. I also claimthe rails G hung to the uprights A, so as'to turn or swing thereon, substantially as and for the purpose specified. l

B. F. ELLIOTT.

Witnesses:

J. H. GAMBURN, Mower FARNUM. 

